Chuck Lorre Vanity Card #392 From what little I know of prehistory, man roamed the Earth for hundreds of thousands of years in small tribes — probably no more than two hundred people per group. During this time all wisdom was passed along according to the oral tradition. Everything you needed to know in order …
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At last, a way to exterminate humanity.
So the headline reads: “Male pill: gene discovery may lead to contraceptive“. Followed by a note that researchers in Edinburgh identified a gene critical for the production of healthy sperm. Mmmmm. This sounds a bit like what Monsanto did with grain – modifying the seed genetics so that it could to reproduce. The “Terminator” gene. …
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More plastic in our food … yummy!
All that lovely packaging that we demand from the supermarket and all the disposable toys and modern conveniences are winding up in our food chain. It was measureable 40 years ago. Now its clogging the guts of the food web. I hope you can handle a bit of microplastic in your fish fingers. BBC: Big …
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Life, humanity and school.
Rule 1: Life is fair. Humans are not — get used to it! Rule 2: People won’t care about your self-esteem. People will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a …
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Growth is not the answer …
The new World Bank boss has initiated his tenure with a hearty rendition of the fat cats’ mantra: “growth is good”. Or is that “greed is good”? The trouble is that growth is the cause of all the problems. It starts with the politicians rule: “more people voting for me is good”, and the commercial …
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Learning is painful.
At least when you’re making a leap or really starting something new. You can either accept the pain of the process or not. Not accepting it means avoiding it and not learning. If you accept the challenge choose to live with the pain and enjoy the process. Or choose to hate the pain and fight …
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Whitney who?
Humanity’s ready for a heart attack.
“Current patterns of consumption are not sustainable.” No, really!??! The High-level Panel on Global Sustainability report “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing“. http://www.un.org/gsp/report
Who governs FIFA? Alcohol and sports are not compatible.
It is outrageous that FIFA, sponsored by Budweiser, is demanding the Brazilian government change their law banning alcohol at matches. Soccer is soccer. Fans might like to have a pint while watching teh game in their local, but thousands of intoxicated men in confined spaces – that’s just stupid. Anyone who has seen crowd violence …
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We love factory food.
Factory farming is bad. The new movie Contagion, based on the book Viral Storm, dramatises the kind of risk we nurture with intensive farming techniques. The kind of techniques that deliver the variety and volume of food at such low prices that we demand. From The Ecologist: Viral storm: why factory farming is bad for …
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